You can use diamond cutting blades attached to your circular saw or sliding miter saw.
Cutting cemintitious siding.
Typically siding shears use air.
Makita and hitachi.
For the contractor who measures siding jobs by the square mile not the square foot i think the.
Use a specialized blade used with the saw such as mikita hardiblade or dewalts filber cement blade.
Use your eyeware and ear protection.
These are specialized to reduce the dust caused from cutting these planks.
Cutting fiber cement siding stationary shears.
The cleanest way to cut fiber cement siding is by using siding shears.
For a slow but virtually dustless way to cut siding use power.
When cutting fiber cement siding with circular saw use a blade that has only four or six teeth.
Cutting fiber cement siding siding shears.
This is probably the most popular method for cutting fiber cement siding.